Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Nepal
Nepal: Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) was 36.59 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government Effectiveness - Governance score in Nepal, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2025, government effectiveness - governance score in Nepal stood at 36.59 0-100.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.9% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government effectiveness - governance score in Nepal peaked at 40.31 0-100 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 29.7 0-100, in 2003.
Nepal ranks 163rd of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100) (Government score) in Nepal, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 35.3 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 35.02 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 35.01 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 29.75 0-100 | -15.0% |
| 2003 | 29.7 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 36.45 0-100 | +22.7% |
| 2005 | 31.39 0-100 | -13.9% |
| 2006 | 30.7 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 32.2 0-100 | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 39.71 0-100 | +23.3% |
| 2009 | 38.43 0-100 | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 40.31 0-100 | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 38.4 0-100 | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 33.28 0-100 | -13.3% |
| 2013 | 34.34 0-100 | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 37.22 0-100 | +8.4% |
| 2015 | 32.57 0-100 | -12.5% |
| 2016 | 35.83 0-100 | +10.0% |
| 2017 | 37.81 0-100 | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 38.28 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 34.76 0-100 | -9.2% |
| 2020 | 34.91 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 34.9 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 35.26 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 37.66 0-100 | +6.8% |
| 2024 | 38.08 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2025 | 36.59 0-100 | -3.9% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 36.59 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 39.25 0-100, 93% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 36.59 0-100 is below the median for South Asia, which is 48.56 0-100, 75% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.16 0-100 | 35.02 0-100 | 35.3 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 33.7 0-100 | 29.7 0-100 | 39.71 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 36.28 0-100 | 32.57 0-100 | 40.31 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.23 0-100 | 34.9 0-100 | 38.08 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 160 Vanuatu 37.02 0-100 compare
- 161 Mauritania 36.85 0-100 compare
- 162 Sao Tome and Principe 36.66 0-100 compare
- 164 Guatemala 36.46 0-100 compare
- 165 Burkina Faso 36.15 0-100 compare
- 166 Cameroon 36.07 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Nepal
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.7753 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.7853 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.6 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.7974 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 11.28 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 19.44 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 4.28 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government effectiveness - governance score in Nepal?
- Government effectiveness - governance score in Nepal was 36.59 0-100 in 2025, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 40.31 0-100 in 2010.
- What is the lowest government effectiveness - governance score recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.7 0-100 in 2003.
- How does Nepal rank for government effectiveness - governance score?
- Nepal ranks 163rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government effectiveness - governance score rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Government Effectiveness - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Government Effectiveness (GE) captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service, policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of a government’s decisions. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).